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'''Doug Chaffee''' is one of a handful of artists farsighted enough to realize the future of the human race is in the stars. A product of Cold-War science fiction, Chaffee turned his energies to the technological. He became the head of IBM’s Art Department during the early years of the space race. His career quickly skyrocketed as one of the leading artists not only in his genre, but of his generation.
 
'''Doug Chaffee''' is one of a handful of artists farsighted enough to realize the future of the human race is in the stars. A product of Cold-War science fiction, Chaffee turned his energies to the technological. He became the head of IBM’s Art Department during the early years of the space race. His career quickly skyrocketed as one of the leading artists not only in his genre, but of his generation.
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Chaffee has worked for computer game companies and He has illustrated [[BattleTech]] and Magic and other CCG games. Chaffee’s paintings have appeared in Inquest, Duelist, Scrye and on covers for Strategy & Tactics magazines, as well as many game box and module game covers. Doug Chaffee was the Guest of Honor at the World Gaming Convention as well as Artist Guest of Honor at several other major conventions.
 
Chaffee has worked for computer game companies and He has illustrated [[BattleTech]] and Magic and other CCG games. Chaffee’s paintings have appeared in Inquest, Duelist, Scrye and on covers for Strategy & Tactics magazines, as well as many game box and module game covers. Doug Chaffee was the Guest of Honor at the World Gaming Convention as well as Artist Guest of Honor at several other major conventions.
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==Bibliography==
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Doug Chaffee illustrated the covers for the following BattleTech products:
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===Technical Readouts===
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*1986 ''[[Technical Readout: 3025]]''
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*1995 ''[[Technical Readout: 3058]]''
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*1998 ''[[Technical Readout: 3060]]''
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*2006 ''[[Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade]]''
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*2006 ''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex]]''
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*2007 ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]''
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*2008 ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
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===Field Manuals===
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*1996 ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''
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*1997 ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]''
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*1998 ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
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*1999 ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''
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*2000 ''[[Field Manual: Federated Suns]]''
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*2000 ''[[Field Manual: Capellan Confederation]]''
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*2000 ''[[Field Manual: Lyran Alliance]]''
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*2001 ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]''
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*2003 ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised]]''
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*2003 ''[[Field Manual: Update]]''
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===Handbooks===
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*1994 ''[[Invading Clans]]''
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*1994 ''[[Tukayyid]]''
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*1994 ''[[Tactical Handbook]]''
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*1996 ''[[The Fall of Terra (scenariobook)|The Fall of Terra]]''
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*1996 ''[[Record Sheets: 3055/3058]]
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*1998 ''[[BattlePack: Fourth Succession War]]''
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*1999 ''[[Operation: Stiletto]]''
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*2000 ''[[Aerotech 2]]''
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*2002 ''[[AeroTech 2 Record Sheets]]''
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*2004 ''[[Mappack: Solaris VII]]''
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*2004 ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
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===Box Sets===
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*1986 ''[[CityTech]]''
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*1997 ''[[Battleforce 2]]''
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===Novels===
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*1999 ''[[Ghost of Winter]]''
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*1996 ''[[Warrior: Riposte]]''
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*1999 ''[[Falcon Rising]]''
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*2000 ''[[Measure of a Hero]]''
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*2001 ''[[Initiation to War]]''
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*2001 ''[[Test of Vengeance]]''
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*2002 ''[[Operation Audacity]]''
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===BattleTech CCG===
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Over forty five (45) paintings.
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===Black & White===
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Doug Chaffee has illustrated many BattleTech products, including various House sourcebooks, with black and white line art in the above and also the following:
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*1997 ''[[Northwind Highlanders (Sourcebook)|Northwind Highlanders]]''
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*2002 ''[[Technical Readout: 3067]]''
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*2003 ''[[Technical Readout: 3026 Revised]]''
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*2004 ''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised]]''
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*2005 ''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade]]''
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 16:10, 28 November 2008

Doug Chaffee - BattleTech Artist & Illustrator

Doug Chaffee is one of a handful of artists farsighted enough to realize the future of the human race is in the stars. A product of Cold-War science fiction, Chaffee turned his energies to the technological. He became the head of IBM’s Art Department during the early years of the space race. His career quickly skyrocketed as one of the leading artists not only in his genre, but of his generation.

Career

Chaffee began illustrating space related subjects during a time when the space program was young and at a time when few artists knew how the Earth looked from space. While the "Space Age" was in its infancy, his work was winning national awards in shows relating to the space program and in the aerospace field. Several years before the Viking probes reached Mars, he illustrated a National Geographic article about the Red Planet, authored by Carl Sagan.

Doug Chaffee’s artworks range from paintings for NASA, the military, the book and the gaming industry. His paintings are owned by top ranking military officers, corporate executives and famous authors including Tom Clancy as well as a shuttle astronaut. Chaffee did the official program painting for the Trident submarine and his work has hung in the Smithsonian, the JFK bldg., the American Airlines museum and has been featured in Air Force, Think, Newsweek, and US News as well as several military and science magazines.

The US Vice President’s airplane, A World’s Fair poster, a calendar painting for a major aerospace client, a painting for the Air Force’s Special Tactics Group and paintings for government leaders outside the US are also part of his portfolio. Doug has won many awards with his art including Bests of Show from the National Association of Industrial Artists and the World Military Gaming convention. He won the Frank R. Paul award for science fiction and received a nomination for a Chesley.

Best-selling author Tom Clancy (Hunt for Red October) is an enthusiastic collector of Chaffee’s submarine art. Clancy autographed fifty artist-proofs of Above Top Secret, after he purchased the original.

Chaffee has worked for computer game companies and He has illustrated BattleTech and Magic and other CCG games. Chaffee’s paintings have appeared in Inquest, Duelist, Scrye and on covers for Strategy & Tactics magazines, as well as many game box and module game covers. Doug Chaffee was the Guest of Honor at the World Gaming Convention as well as Artist Guest of Honor at several other major conventions.

Bibliography

Doug Chaffee illustrated the covers for the following BattleTech products:

Technical Readouts

Field Manuals

Handbooks

Box Sets

Novels

BattleTech CCG

Over forty five (45) paintings.

Black & White

Doug Chaffee has illustrated many BattleTech products, including various House sourcebooks, with black and white line art in the above and also the following:

See also

References

External Links

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